Balcony on the moon
Subtitle: a Palestinian coming of age memoir
By: Ibtisam Barakat
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780374302511
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Palestinian Arab Youth; Palestinian Arab Children; Arab-Israeli conflict; Girls
Description: Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972 to 1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too.
Notes: "Margaret Ferguson Books"--Title page.

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